Army to Double Active-Duty Cyber Corps by 2030 Jun 13, 2022 | 4:03 pm The United States Army plans to increase the size of its cyber branch across all components and double the size of its active-duty cyber corps, according to Army Spokesperson Bruce Anderson. […]
Army Confident in FY23 Modernization Priorities, Republicans Want Boost May 11, 2022 | 2:07 pm Top U.S Army leaders told senators today they are confident in the service branch’s modernization funding priorities for the Fiscal Year 2023 Defense Authorization Request, while Republican committee members advocated for a further boost in Army funding. […]
Army Cyber Command Gets New Commanding General May 4, 2022 | 1:52 pm Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett assumed command of U.S. Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) during a ceremony at Fort Gordon, Ga. on May 3, becoming the first woman to head ARCYBER. […]
Army National Guard Awards $15M EIS Deal to AT&T Apr 26, 2022 | 1:58 pm The Army National Guard has awarded a $15 million contract to AT&T via the General Services Administration’s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract to modernize the GuardNet command and control network. […]
DoD OIG Scorches AR Headset Purchase Process, Warns $22B Could Be Wasted Apr 26, 2022 | 1:46 pm The U.S. Army could waste up to $21.88 billion in taxpayer funds to field augmented reality (AR) headsets that soldiers may not even want or use, according to a new watchdog report from the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (OIG). […]
Army CIO Tilts Toward Commercial Cloud, Satcoms at Tactical Edge Apr 19, 2022 | 1:26 pm The U.S. Army is taking advantage of commercial capabilities to address challenges warfighters face at the tactical edge, according to the service branch’s top IT official. […]
Army Seeks Software to Predict Hypersonics’ Weather-Based Survivability Apr 12, 2022 | 3:46 pm The Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) is in search of vendors that can provide Weather Analysis and Survivability Prediction (WAASP) software to inform launch decisions based on real-time meteorological conditions. […]
Army Official: How Shifting to Cloud Matches with Buying a Tesla Apr 6, 2022 | 1:06 pm In the U.S. Army’s continued adoption of cloud infrastructure to gain a competitive advantage in multi-domain operations, the choice to move away from legacy on-prem systems can boil down to the same equation in play when deciding to buy an electric vehicle instead of sticking with traditional gasoline-powered models. […]
Gen. McChrystal: Best Time for Change is Now Mar 10, 2022 | 2:21 pm Retired four-star Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal today traced the path of how the rapid uptake of technology – and its impact on organizational culture – helped to transform the operating philosophy and methods of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) that he commanded during the mid-2000s. […]
Army Appoints New Tactical Network Team Leader Mar 2, 2022 | 3:28 pm The U.S. Army announced via Twitter on Tuesday that it appointed a new team leader to spearhead efforts in modernizing the service branch’s tactical network. […]
U.S. Army Harnessing Data Analytics to Fuel Innovation Feb 17, 2022 | 11:01 am The U.S. Army is unlocking innovation by utilizing data to ensure operational success in the service branch’s workforce, an Army official said at a virtual event hosted by GovLoop on Feb. 16. […]
Army Awards CACI $514M Network Modernization Contract Jan 18, 2022 | 10:54 am The U.S. Army has awarded CACI International a five-year, single-award task order worth up to $514 million to provide network modernization of its outside plant (OSP) infrastructure and facilities. […]
Army CDOs: Moving Forward With Data Efforts Requires Cultural Change Jan 17, 2022 | 9:00 am To drive the U.S. Army into the future, there needs to be a cultural change to enable a broader vision within the branch on utilizing data to aid the warfighter, according to officials from the Army. […]
Army CIO: ADTS Key Objectives for 2022 Jan 14, 2022 | 2:32 pm For 2022 the United States Army is once again zeroed in on its digital transformation, specifically focusing on six key areas – cloud, cyber, data, application modernization, network, and service delivery and user experience. […]
Army Starts Work on New Machine Learning Device for Burn Treatments Jan 5, 2022 | 9:00 am The U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR) is partnering with two private medical research centers to develop a portable tool using machine learning technology that allows soldiers – even those without a medical background – to assess and treat burn wounds on the battlefield. […]
Army Awards $1.4 Billion Contract for IBCS Jan 4, 2022 | 1:22 pm The United States Army has awarded Northrop Grumman a five-year, $1.4 billion contract for an Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) to link disparate missile defense assets and bolster command and control functions. […]
Army Seeks to Advance Digital Night Vision Technology Dec 15, 2021 | 4:01 pm The U.S. Army plans to advance its use of digital night vision technology (DNVT) to boost its members’ situational awareness and decision-making abilities, and the branch is looking towards industry to help make it happen. […]
Army Awards $957M Cyber Training Contract Dec 3, 2021 | 10:20 am The U.S. Army has awarded Cole Engineering Services a $957.7 million contract to develop, integrate and maintain the service’s enterprise Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE). […]
18th Airborne Corps Signs Educational Technology Partnership Agreement Nov 30, 2021 | 2:41 pm The U.S. Army’s 18th Airborne Corps has partnered with several universities to collaborate on education and research as a part of its strategy to become the first “AI-ready corps,” the Army announced. […]
Army Awards CACI $785M Information Warfare Contract Nov 11, 2021 | 2:03 pm The U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) has awarded CACI International a five-year single-award task order worth up to $785 million for information warfare and electronic warfare solutions and services. […]
U.S Army Seeking New Login Solution Oct 25, 2021 | 2:51 pm The U.S. Army released a request for information (RFI), seeking information for a new way to securely log in its users, especially members of the National Guard or Army Reserve that need to check systems for announcements. […]
U.S. Army Unveils New Digital Transformation Strategy Oct 21, 2021 | 3:29 pm The U.S. Army released its Digital Transformation Strategy (ADTS) on October 20, representing a critical component of the branch’s overarching technology modernization effort. […]
U.S. Army Releases AUNP to Ensure Better Connectivity Oct 18, 2021 | 3:54 pm The United States Army wants to freely send data back and forth from its legacy enterprise systems to the tactical edge, and Army officials said the key to getting there is mapped out in the service branch’s recently released strategy to unify tactical and enterprise networks and ultimately create a common data fabric. […]
Army Delays Rollout of Microsoft AR Headsets Under $22B Deal Oct 15, 2021 | 1:15 pm The U.S. Army announced it has delayed the rollout of its augmented reality headsets, which it expected to be in use this fall, until September 2022. […]
Army Delays IPPS-A Rollout by Nearly a Year Oct 8, 2021 | 2:57 pm The U.S. Army has decided to delay the massive overhaul of its enterprise IT personnel system in favor of conducting additional testing, which will push the launch date of the new system from December of this year to September 2022. […]
Biden Nominates Douglas Bush for key Army Acquisition Role Sep 22, 2021 | 3:04 pm President Biden announced nominations for a round of key national security positions, including nominating Douglas Bush for assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition. […]
Army Sets COVID-19 Vaccination Deadline Sep 15, 2021 | 2:58 pm The Army released its COVID-19 vaccination plan this week, which requires active-duty units to be fully vaccinated by Dec. 15, 2021, and Reserve and National Guard units by June 30, 2022. […]
Army Futures Software Factory Ramping up Workforce, Operations Sep 15, 2021 | 11:08 am The Army Futures Command’s Army Software Factory – established in 2020 with a goal of developing capabilities to create custom-built system applications for current and future U.S. Army systems – is ramping up its workforce with several cohorts already introduced to the program, a factory official explained at a September 14 virtual conference organized by FCW. […]
U.S. Army Issues Solicitation for ITES-4H Contract Aug 31, 2021 | 9:08 am The U.S. Army issued a solicitation for a potential 10-year, $10 billion contract vehicle to provide commercial information technology (IT) hardware to support the service’s enterprise infrastructure and infostructure goals. […]
Angelica Phaneuf Named CISO of Army Software Factory Aug 20, 2021 | 1:14 pm The Department of the Army has appointed Angelica Phaneuf – who has spent the last few years doing cybersecurity for the Air Force’s Kessel Run detachment – as the next chief information security officer (CISO) for the Army Software Factory. […]